2008 GMC YUKON HYBRID Problems & Recalls
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Problem Breakdown
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Common Problems
TAKATA CORPORATION ('TAKATA') HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN CERTAIN 2007-2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE, ESCALADE ESV, ESCALADE EXT, CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, SILVERADO 1500, SUBURBAN, TAHOE, GMC SIERRA 1500, YUKON, YUKON XL, AND 2009-2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500/3500...
Mileage: 111,000
MY YUKON WHINES WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE AND 1ST GEAR. WILL HARDLY LIVE AT ALL UNLESS YOU PUT THE TRUCK IN M2
Mileage: 125,000
MY YUKON WHINES WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE AND 1ST GEAR. WILL HARDLY LIVE AT ALL UNLESS YOU PUT THE TRUCK IN M2
Mileage: 125,000
MY YUKON WHINES WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE AND 1ST GEAR. WILL HARDLY LIVE AT ALL UNLESS YOU PUT THE TRUCK IN M2
Mileage: 125,000
WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH IT STOPPING ON THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION AND WON'T WAN TO TURN ON AND IF IT DOES IT TURN RIGHT OF DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT WE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE MORE RECENTLY THE MESSAGE SAY SERVICE STABILIZED BAR POWER STEERING AND SOME OTHER ONES WE DID LOOK UP ON GOOGLE TO SEE...
Mileage: 19,000
WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH IT STOPPING ON THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION AND WON'T WAN TO TURN ON AND IF IT DOES IT TURN RIGHT OF DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT WE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE MORE RECENTLY THE MESSAGE SAY SERVICE STABILIZED BAR POWER STEERING AND SOME OTHER ONES WE DID LOOK UP ON GOOGLE TO SEE...
Mileage: 19,000
WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH IT STOPPING ON THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION AND WON'T WAN TO TURN ON AND IF IT DOES IT TURN RIGHT OF DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT WE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE MORE RECENTLY THE MESSAGE SAY SERVICE STABILIZED BAR POWER STEERING AND SOME OTHER ONES WE DID LOOK UP ON GOOGLE TO SEE...
Mileage: 19,000
TAKATA RECALL. I WANT TO PAY FOR THE RECALL AND COMPLETE THE REPAIR AT A GMC DEALER. I CANNOT. NOBODY CAN GET PARTS. I WANT TO PAY FOR THE PART AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR. WHILE THE RECALL IS IN LIMBO, I WANT TO DRIVE A SAFE VEHICLE. PLEASE ORDER GM TO HAVE USER-PARTS AVAILABLE FOR USER-PAY RECALL...
Mileage: 142,000
VEHICLE WILL ABRUPTLY STOP WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHEN STARTING TO ACCELERATE FROM ZERO UP TO ABOUT 10 MPH. ALL ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHTS WILL FLASH INCLUDING AUDIBLE WARNINGS OF MALFUNCTION. I MUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THEN PROCEED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. A REAR END COLLISIO...
Mileage: 120,000
VEHICLE WILL ABRUPTLY STOP WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHEN STARTING TO ACCELERATE FROM ZERO UP TO ABOUT 10 MPH. ALL ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHTS WILL FLASH INCLUDING AUDIBLE WARNINGS OF MALFUNCTION. I MUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THEN PROCEED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. A REAR END COLLISIO...
Mileage: 120,000
TAKATA RECALL : THIS RECALL IS STILL OUTSTANDING AFTER MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
Mileage: 30,000
TAKATA RECALL. DEALER WON'T FIX IT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT FAMILY SAFETY.
I ALREADY HAVE COMPLAINT NUMBER #11025458. I WANTED TO CONTINUE ADDING. SINCE I FILED THE COMPLAINT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST AND MORE FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL COMES ON THEN WITHIN A DAY OR TWO TURNS OFF. STAYS OFF FOR A FEW DAYS THEN AGAIN ON AND OFF. IT'S NOT THE OIL CH...
I ALREADY HAVE COMPLAINT NUMBER #11025458. I WANTED TO CONTINUE ADDING. SINCE I FILED THE COMPLAINT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST AND MORE FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL COMES ON THEN WITHIN A DAY OR TWO TURNS OFF. STAYS OFF FOR A FEW DAYS THEN AGAIN ON AND OFF. IT'S NOT THE OIL CH...
TAKATA RECALL
TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL I HAVE TOUCHED BASE WITH MY DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES SINCE MAY 2016.....I AM STILL WAITING FOR A RESOLUTION SO THAT MY PASSENGERS DONT HAVE TO SIT IN THE BACK SEAT FOR FEAR OF BEING PUNCHED IN THE FACE WITH SHRAPNEL IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS
SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 2 YRS AGO I HAVE COMPLAINED TO DODGE AND GMC ABOUT THE ISSUES INVOLVING THE CAR. IT HAS HESSITATED WHEN PUSHING ON THE GAS AFTER BEING IN A STOP. IT HAS ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN ON A STOP LIGHT GONE ALL THE WAY TO 4. I HAD TO PUT IT ON PARK FOR IT TO STOP.THE CAR HAS COMP...
Mileage: 89,000
SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 2 YRS AGO I HAVE COMPLAINED TO DODGE AND GMC ABOUT THE ISSUES INVOLVING THE CAR. IT HAS HESSITATED WHEN PUSHING ON THE GAS AFTER BEING IN A STOP. IT HAS ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN ON A STOP LIGHT GONE ALL THE WAY TO 4. I HAD TO PUT IT ON PARK FOR IT TO STOP.THE CAR HAS COMP...
Mileage: 89,000
SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 2 YRS AGO I HAVE COMPLAINED TO DODGE AND GMC ABOUT THE ISSUES INVOLVING THE CAR. IT HAS HESSITATED WHEN PUSHING ON THE GAS AFTER BEING IN A STOP. IT HAS ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN ON A STOP LIGHT GONE ALL THE WAY TO 4. I HAD TO PUT IT ON PARK FOR IT TO STOP.THE CAR HAS COMP...
Mileage: 89,000
WE WERE AT A STOP AND WE STARTED TO GO AND TURN THE TRUCK HESITATED AND DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WE RESTARTED THE TRUCK BACK UP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT HESITATED WHEN WE STARTED TO GO AGAIN AND IT WAS OVER EXCELERATING AND TOOK A WHILE TO CHANGE FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR
Mileage: 145,000
WE WERE AT A STOP AND WE STARTED TO GO AND TURN THE TRUCK HESITATED AND DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WE RESTARTED THE TRUCK BACK UP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT HESITATED WHEN WE STARTED TO GO AGAIN AND IT WAS OVER EXCELERATING AND TOOK A WHILE TO CHANGE FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR
Mileage: 145,000
WE WERE AT A STOP AND WE STARTED TO GO AND TURN THE TRUCK HESITATED AND DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WE RESTARTED THE TRUCK BACK UP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT HESITATED WHEN WE STARTED TO GO AGAIN AND IT WAS OVER EXCELERATING AND TOOK A WHILE TO CHANGE FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR
Mileage: 145,000
WE BOUGHT THIS YUKON AND THERE IS A AIRBAG RECALL AND I CALLED TO MAKE APPT AT THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T FIX IT UNTIL GMC SAID IT'S OK BECAUSE AND TO KEEP DRIVING IT. THIS IS NOT RIGHT I HAVE A YOUNG SON AND FAMILY THAT I DRIVE IT EVERYDAY THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. CA...
TAKATA RECALL IT HAS BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR NOW AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR A REMEDY? MEANWHILE DRIVING IN FLORIDA ISNT SCARY ENOUGH BUT I HAVE THIS ON MY MIND EVER SINGLE TIME WE GET IN OUR TRUCK.
MY TRUCK ACCELERATES AND ABRUPTLY STOPS WHILE SLOWING DOWN UNDER 20 MPH. UNDER 20 MPH THE ENGINE IS SUPPOSE TO SWITCH OVER TO CONNECT TO HYBRID BATTERY SYSTEM. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY STOPS WHILE TURNING OR SOMETIMES THE CAR CUTS ALL THE WAY OFF. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2010 AND I HAVE REP...
Mileage: 70,000
MY TRUCK ACCELERATES AND ABRUPTLY STOPS WHILE SLOWING DOWN UNDER 20 MPH. UNDER 20 MPH THE ENGINE IS SUPPOSE TO SWITCH OVER TO CONNECT TO HYBRID BATTERY SYSTEM. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY STOPS WHILE TURNING OR SOMETIMES THE CAR CUTS ALL THE WAY OFF. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2010 AND I HAVE REP...
Mileage: 70,000
WHEN THE TRUCK GOES FROM THE AUTO STOP TO ENGINE POWER THE CLUCH IN THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T ENGAGE FULL SHUTTING THE TRUCK OFF WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT FROM A STOP. THE TRUCK HAS SHUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WITH MY 5 SMALL CHILDREN ON BOARD....
Mileage: 98,000
TAKATA RECALL IT HAS BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THIS RECALL WAS ISSUED. THIS YUKON HAS BEEN KEPT AND DRIVEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE HOT/HUMID CONDITIONS INDICATED IN THE RECALL. I DO NOT FEEL IT IS SAFE, OR THAT THE AIRBAGS ARE TRUSTWORTHY AND THE DEALER CANNOT/WILL NOT REPAIR IT AND HAS NO ESTIMATED D...
Mileage: 102,000
SOMETIMES WHEN I COME TO A STOP MY VEHICLE GOES INTO THE AUTOSTOP MODE, BUT WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE IT JUST DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH THE GAS ENGINE NOT ENGAGING AND THE ELECTRIC MODE NOT MOVING THE VEHICLE THEN IT JERKS REALLY HARD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR...
Mileage: 92,000
SOMETIMES WHEN I COME TO A STOP MY VEHICLE GOES INTO THE AUTOSTOP MODE, BUT WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE IT JUST DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH THE GAS ENGINE NOT ENGAGING AND THE ELECTRIC MODE NOT MOVING THE VEHICLE THEN IT JERKS REALLY HARD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR...
Mileage: 92,000
SOMETIMES WHEN I COME TO A STOP MY VEHICLE GOES INTO THE AUTOSTOP MODE, BUT WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE IT JUST DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH THE GAS ENGINE NOT ENGAGING AND THE ELECTRIC MODE NOT MOVING THE VEHICLE THEN IT JERKS REALLY HARD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR...
Mileage: 92,000
SOMETIMES WHEN I COME TO A STOP MY VEHICLE GOES INTO THE AUTOSTOP MODE, BUT WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF AUTOSTOP AND JERKS REALLY HARD THEN STALLS OUT. ONCE I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTART IT, IT CRANKS RIGHT UP BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR ABOUT A DA...
Mileage: 84,000
DRIVING 45 EXITING THE FREEWAY WHEN WARNING ENGINE LIGHT COME SON " ENGINE POWER REDUCED" AND DROPPED THE CAR TO 1MPH ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WOULD PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THERE WAS NO POWER IT HAD ME STALLED ON THE OFF RAMP EXIT DURING BUSY MORNING TRAFFIC. AFTER 10 MINUTES OF BEING STALLE...
Mileage: 123,000
LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE, PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO FLOOR. BRAKE WARNING ANNUNCIATOR STABILITRAK CAUTION ANNUNCIATOR SERVICE BRAKES SOON MESSAGE ON DIC STABILITRAK FAILURE MESSAGE ON DIC DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, RADIO ON, AIR CONDITIONING ON, DRIVING FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES A GUY IN FRONT OF ME DO...
Mileage: 136,000
MY STEERING POWER WAS COMPLETELY DOWN WITHOUT NO WARNING HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE THE GOOD THING IT HAPPEN WHEN I GOT AN OIL CHANGE... I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSE IT CAUSE MY TRUCK WAS PERFECTLY FINE BEFORE THE OIL CHANGE ONCE THEY DID THE OIL CHANGE THE STEERING POWER WAS NOT WORKING G MT WHEEL WA...
Mileage: 132,582
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC YUKON HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIE...
Mileage: 15,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC YUKON HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING OVER A PERIOD OF ONE WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS U...
Mileage: 86,500
75% OF THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED GMC YUKON, INCLUDING BOTH REAR DOOR LOCKS HAVE FAILED IN THE LOCKED POSITION. THIS FAILURE MAKES IT DIFFICULT/IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN THE DOORS - ESPECIALLY THE REAR DOORS. BECAUSE THE CAR HAS ONLY ONE EXTERIOR DOOR LOCK; IN ORDER TO OPEN THE IN...
Mileage: 32,106
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC YUKON DENALI HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD INDEPENDENTLY CONVERTED FROM THE GASOLINE MODE TO ELECTRICAL HYBRID MODE. THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED BUT REGAINED POWER ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A CO...
Mileage: 40,000
I HAVE HAD REPEATED FAILURES OF ALL THE DOOR LOCKS IN MY YUKON. THEY WILL ONLY WORK MANUALLY NOT WITH THE AUTO LOCK FEATURE. SAFETY IS A CONCERN AS YOU NEED TO REMEMBER TO LOCK THE DOOR MANUALLY AND THEN UNLOCK IT MANUALLY TO GET IN THE CAR. THE AUTO DOOR LOCK FEATURE (LOCKING AT 5 MPH OR ABOVE) ALS...
Mileage: 3,500
I HAVE A 2008 GMC YUKON HYBRID THE DOOR ON MY DRIVER AND REAR SEAT SOME TIME IT OPEN AND LOCK. I HAD PASSENGER SIDE FIX UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAID OVER $400 TO FIX IT. *TR
Mileage: 42,000
I HAVE A 2008 GMC YUKON HYBRID THE DOOR ON MY DRIVER AND REAR SEAT SOME TIME IT OPEN AND LOCK. I HAD PASSENGER SIDE FIX UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAID OVER $400 TO FIX IT. *TR
Mileage: 42,000
2008 GMC YUKON DOOR ACTUATORS GOING OUT REPETITIVELY. I HAVE TO HAVE TWO ACTUATORS REPLACED AT ABOUT $400 EACH FOR NEARLY $800. TWO FAILURES OUT OF FOUR ACTUATORS IS AA TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FAILURE RATE. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT. THE FACT THAT THE MANUAL UNLATCH IS UN REACHABLE MAKES THIS ISSUE E...
Mileage: 56,000
VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM RESPONDS ERRATICALLY ABOUT ONCE EVERY 100 MILES. IT HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BUT I'LL DESCRIBE THE MOST RECENT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A LOCAL HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR. TRAFFIC WAS BACKING UP AND CAME TO A S...
Mileage: 19,000
VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM RESPONDS ERRATICALLY ABOUT ONCE EVERY 100 MILES. IT HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BUT I'LL DESCRIBE THE MOST RECENT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A LOCAL HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR. TRAFFIC WAS BACKING UP AND CAME TO A S...
Mileage: 19,000
WHILE DRIVING MY 2008 GMC YUKON HYBRID IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND DECELERATING, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. I FELT A MOVEMENT IN THE GAS PEDAL, EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ACCELERATION, AND I APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH MADE IT STOP IMMEDIATELY. THIS COULD HAVE HAD A TRAGIC OU...
Mileage: 41,000
ROCKS ENTER A SMALL HOLE OF THE REAR BRAKES CAUSING THEM TO BE LODGED IN THE BRAKE DRUM AND MAKING IT NECESSARY FOR A MECHANIC TO REMOVE. MY CONCERN IS THAT I WON'T KNOW ROCKS ARE IN THERE AND THEY WILL CAUSING A BRAKING PROBLEM RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR